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Kabul, Sept 11 (ANI): Afghanistan will always remain India's first strategic partner said Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj, who is visiting Kabul to enhance bilateral ties and help its northwestern neighbour deal with key challenges of security and stability. Swaraj, who is on her maiden visit to Afghanistan, arrived in Kabul on Wednesday and inaugurated the new Indian embassy building. She also held talks with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai on crucial bilateral and regional issues, as well as on defence and security assistance from India. Swaraj also met her Afghan counterpart Zarar Ahmad Osmani. While addressing a gathering of delegates, Swaraj said India has always wished for a prosperous Afghanistan. She also remembered the Afghan and Indian personnel and officials who laid down their lives safeguarding India's diplomatic premises and development projects in Afghanistan. She is also expected to hold meeting with presidential candidates in Kabul.Sep 11, 2014

New Delhi, Sept 11 (ANI): Environmentalists Sunita Narayan and Chandra Bhushan said that climate change caused Jammu and Kashmir's flood fury and heaviest rainfall in half a century. Environmentalist Sunita Narain said as Himalayas being the young mountainous range, extreme rains will give rise to huge amount of siltation followed by landslides. She added that even the posh areas in Kashmir have been worst hit due to floods because the domestic colonies were built in the low-lying areas where residential buildings should not been built. Environmentalist Chandra Bhushan said as per the research of past ten years the extreme rainfall events in India will increase due to climate change.Sep 11, 2014

US President Barack Obama orders a 'relentless' war against the Islamic State, including air strikes in Syria and expanded operations in Iraq to 'destroy' the marauding jihadist army. Duration:01:19Sep 11, 2014

US Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday in Baghdad that a global coalition will defeat jihadists in Iraq and Syria, hours before President Barack Obama is expected to announce expanded strikes against them. Duration: 00:25Sep 11, 2014

"Blade Runner" Oscar Pistorius appears in court on Thursday to face judgement over the killing of his model girlfriend, ending a six-month trial that turned the amputee's private life into a global spectacle. Duration: 01:13Sep 11, 2014

As children in one school observe its opening ceremony, at least 400,000 others were unable to go back on Wednesday in Iraqi Kurdistan, where many classrooms are used as shelters for people displaced by the Islamic State offensive. Duration: 01:02Sep 11, 2014

As Britain's party leaders -- David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg -- visit Scotland to plead with voters to stay in the UK, many from the 'yes' campaign saw the trip as a 'desperate last gasp' attempt to sway Scots to vote 'no'. Duration: 01:45Sep 11, 2014

Anger mounted Wednesday over the slow pace of rescue operations in Indian Kashmir as officials said they were "overwhelmed" by the scale that has left hundreds of thousands stranded in the Himalayan region and neighbouring Pakistan. Duration: 01:00Sep 11, 2014